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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 2h

Blowed it out your ass

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

"No amount of appeasement of Trump will work short of turning yourself into a lapdog. So news outlets have to choose. And if you go halfway, you’re basically going to lose everyone."

On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social is great on the failure of Trump appeasement:
newrepublic.com/article/2017...

Trump Erupts at ABC over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s to...

newrepublic.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 3h

An overwhelming majority of Americans want Congress to restore health care funding so insurance premiums don’t go through the roof.

Senate Republicans have refused to sit down with Democrats—even though thousands of their constituents will see their costs go up.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

New in PN: The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

"Dismissal is probably the best result for the government, since it would spare the DOJ having its dirty laundry aired in court before getting spanked for having brought such a garbage case. But even so, it'd be very, very funny."

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

My free Stop the Presses newsletter is giving out letter grades to news outlets, based on their level of truth-telling to expose the MAGA assault on our democracy.
The Guardian: A
Associated Press: B+
New York Times: C
CNN: C-
Washington Post: D-
CBS News: F
See more grades and my rationale here.

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

www.stopthepresses.news

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

I realize the Trump regime is one big grift, but it’s still outrageous that Trump announces major federal actions as “scoops” on a social media platform that he owns, thereby increasing the value of his property.
This would be unthinkable in a legitimate presidency.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

The World Cup and Olympics should boycott the U.S. rather than let their events be used as weapons by the fascist Trump. They won't, of course, because of their own corruption. But they must realize this is shaping up to look like the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 20h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

This is not morally or legally different than lining up two dozen men and shooting them in the face.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

By allowing for the dismantling of minority districts held by Democrats, a ruling against the VRA could give President Donald Trump and the GOP enough additional seats to lock in the party’s control of the House for a generation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5h

And yet Trump can never be prosecuted because of that Supreme Court ruling. The justices have legalized murder, exactly as was argued in court at the time

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 20h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social · 6h

Government workers are just pawns for the president who is playing a game of chicken with people's lives.

Good Work If You Can Keep It

Before Trump dismantled the bureaucracy, working for the government was an honorable job

steady.substack.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 20h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 5h

Former gubernatorial nominee Jason Carter endorsed Jason Esteves’ campaign for governor this morning, calling him “the strongest candidate to meet this moment and build the coalition Democrats need to win next year.” #gapol

ajc.com/politics/202...

Jason Esteves picks up key endorsement from Jason Carter in governor’s race

Carter, the grandson of the late President Jimmy Carter, was Georgia's democratic nominee for governor in 2014.

ajc.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

Can AI make the troops leave Chicago and ice stop arresting people who are just trying to get to their jobs?

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Jeff @jeffincny.bsky.social · 13h

The recruiting commercials are something aren’t they?
Sign up to ruin people’s lives?
I wouldn’t do that job for 10 James Franklin buyouts

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Pat Forde @bypatforde.bsky.social · 13h

“The valiant, brave, patriotic Americans who step up to serve” in ICE, says house speaker Mike Johnson.

What he meant to say: “The identity-cloaked, jack-booted thugs who are following a terror campaign.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13h

The fact there’s a man in our White House who constantly expresses his hatred for half of the country and makes clear his desire to strip away programs supported by Democrats should tell millions & millions why they need to be a part of the No Kings protest if they still believe in America.

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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 13h

It's always lies, as we know, but this one is as idiotic as any considering Jack Smith wasn't involved in this topic until months after the classified tiles were found in Trump's bathroom despite being asked for 10 times.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 14h

SHUT UP CRAZY BITCH

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

AG Bondi: "We're gonna get to the funding of antifa, we're gonna get to the root of antifa, and we're gonna find and charge all of those people who are causing this chaos in Portland and all these other cities across our country."

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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 15h

The racist podcaster was killed by a far right Maga fuck.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "They have the devil's ideology. They become violent on the left."

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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is so fucking stupid

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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